Troutnut.com Fly Fishing for Trout Home
User Password
or register.

Stonefly Family Perlodidae (Medium Browns and Yellows)

Taxonomic Navigation -?-
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
» Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
» Class Insecta (Insects)
» Order Plecoptera (Stoneflies)
» Family Perlodidae (Medium Browns and Yellows)
Genus in PerlodidaeNumber of SpecimensNumber of Pictures
Arcynopteryx111
Cultus111
Isogenoides00
IsoperlaYellow Sallies432

27 genera aren't included.
Common Name
Pictures Below
This is a very common stonefly family. Most are brown, olive, or yellow in color.

5 Stonefly Specimens in the Family Perlodidae:

Specimen Page:12
Cultus Stonefly NymphCultus  Stonefly NymphView 11 PicturesThis large Perlodidae stonefly was a strikingly bright yellow color, moreso than any other insect I've seen. I didn't enhance it much. I tried identifying its genus and came up with Arcynopteryx. Someone who seems to know more suggested Cultus instead. See the discussion thread.
Region: Catskills
Collected Apr 19, 2006
Added Apr 22, 2006
Isoperla (Yellow Sallies) Stonefly AdultIsoperla (Yellow Sallies) Stonefly AdultView 14 PicturesA friend brought me this stonefly to photograph. He found it floating on the surface of a trout stream with its wings in a crippled position.
Region: Northeast
Collected May 5, 2006
Added May 22, 2006
Isoperla (Yellow Sallies) Stonefly AdultIsoperla (Yellow Sallies) Stonefly AdultView 10 PicturesSeveral stoneflies of this species were flying around a small stream last night. I tied on a brown drake imitation of about the right size/color to approximate these stones, and was rewarded with a hard-fighting 17-inch brown trout.
Region: Northeast
Collected Jul 7, 2006
Added Jul 8, 2006
Specimen Page:12

Your Thoughts On Perlodidae:

You must log in at the top of the page to post. If you haven't registered yet, it's this easy:

Username:     Email:

Password:    Confirm Password:

I am at least 13 years old and agree to the rules.
Top 10 Hatches
Top 5 Products
Top 5 Specimens
Recent Updates
Last update July 19th, 2007.
Check out my friend & fishing partner Brad Bohen's Hayward Musky Guides website for fly fishing like you've never seen before! --Troutnut
Misc Websites